New Officers and Board Members Elected at ABIs 25th Anniversary Annual Spring Meeting

NEW OFFICERS
AND BOARD MEMBERS ELECTED AT ABI’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY
ANNUAL SPRING MEETING

April 25, 2007, Alexandria,
Va. — The following officers and members of the Board
of Directors of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) were elected to
leadership positions at ABI’s 25th Anniversary Annual
Spring Meeting, held April 12 – 15 in Washington, D.C.:

New members of the Executive
Committee and new officers include: Reggie Jackson of Vorys,
Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (Columbus, Ohio) becomes President for a one-year
term, succeeding Judge Wesley Steen of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
of the Southern District of Texas (Houston), who now assumes the
position of Immediate-Past President. John W. Ames of Greenebaum,
Doll & McDonald PLLC (Louisville, Ky.) was named President-Elect, to
become President in April 2008. John Penn of Haynes and Boone LLP
(Fort Worth, Texas) succeeds Michael P. Richman of Foley
& Lardner LLP (New
York) as Chairman of the Board for a one-year
term. Geoffrey L. Berman of Development Specialists, Inc.
(Los Angeles) was named to a two-year
term as Vice President-Publications, succeeding Ames. Josefina
Fernandez McEvoy of K&L Gates LLP (Los
Angeles) was named Vice President-International, succeeding
George Kelakos of Kelakos Advisors LLC (Greenwich, Conn.). Dillon E. Jackson of
Foster Pepper PLLC (Seattle) is succeeded as Secretary by Judge
Eugene R. Wedoff of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Northern Illinois (Chicago).

ABI is the largest
multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and
education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to
provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy
issues. The ABI membership includes more than 11,000 attorneys,
accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround
specialists and other bankruptcy professionals providing a forum for the
exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI,
visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abiworld.org/conferences.html.